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Shirley Road

Gas Works Manager's House in Shirley Road
Gas Works Manager's House
No.1 Shirley Road
View down Shirley Road - Nurrish & Pallett's factory,
John White's Garage, Electricity Company

North Street Shrine - right is Shirley Road c1917 and the Electircity works

2008 houses The Electric Supply Company
The white building at the top of North Street and a row of houses where North Villa - later the Westward Hotel stood.

In 1970 the factory taken on by Johnson Haynes who came here from Northampton. In 1998 they shared with BHS Patterns and Pressknives - in 2004 Johnson Haynes went into liquidation.
2009
name plate
The name plate
The former factory of Nurrish & Pallett - in 2009.

The factory has disappeared by 2024.

Peter Crisp Way sign
A small close of houses was built here following
the demolition of the old gas works buildings.

Peter Crisp and his store


uphill to the top
Uphill....
....towards the top
at the top
looking back
Top of the road - new housing proposed in field beyond in 2024
Looking back on 2009


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